Transitions between photos

Pete Waterman · Post by **Pete Waterman** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:55 pm

Ive read on the forum that people use UVS to do photo slideshows, i thought i would give it a go ( i normaly use Magix for this) My question is can i put transitions in between all the photos in one go (if i use the same transition ie crossfade) or do i have to put each one in one at a time ?
Im useing UVS 11.5plus
Thanks
Pete

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:47 pm

Yes as a matter of fact you can, in couple of ways.

1. Go to File Menu>Preferences, or use the keyboard shortcut of F6. Then on the Edit Tab, you can set what the Default Transition will be, and the duration. So whenever you insert more than 1 image, video clip, your selected Default transition will automatically be inserted between them.

2. If you have already inserted your photos, go to the Transition Library of your choosing. Select your transition, then either press the 2nd from the Right icon (looks like an A and B together), or right-click on the transition you wish to use, and select Apply current effect to whole project.

Pete Waterman · Post by **Pete Waterman** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:48 am

Thanks for that works a treat, i never give it a thought that uvs could be used in this way, the only thing now is i have a dvd menu i would like to use but it only has three buttons i need five an help with adding two more buttons would be great, I had the trial ver of photoimpact but nothing i done seemed to work,
I cannot see how i am going to get the .ufo file on here for anybody to see & tell be if its possable?
thanks
Pete
PS i dont have the button pack to do this the easy way

Pete Waterman · Post by **Pete Waterman** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:01 pm

Hi im tring differant menus but keep coming up with the same problem, im sure there is a simple fix? but i cannot fine it, when i go to share sellect dvd add uvs my project files, go next the default menu is 05vs_ones01, i select the menu i want edit it to what i like, hit the preview button, press play,pick a chapter to see & the default menu(05vs_ones01)
starts as the chapter begins i then need to press play again to see the chapter, i have tried to put the offending file into a dir of its own & hope that uvs will not find it try again & there it is
All & any help would be great
Many thanks
Pete

Pete Waterman · Post by **Pete Waterman** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:15 pm

Please Ignor my last post,

Found the answer in Advanced Settings/create chapter menu,

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:01 pm

Hi Pete

Some tips:-
From the Burner Module press the ¡¥Options Cogwheel¡¦ lower left.
The Navigation controls panel allows you to customise how the DVD reacts to the menu.
(continue to play next clip will play all and return to menu at end.)

From the ¡¥Edit¡¦ tab
Customise will allow you to select more thumbnails/links per menu page.
This option depends on which template you have selected from the ¡¥Gallery¡¦
For instance using Thumbnail Menu¡¦s¡¦ you can have 8 per page.

Pete Waterman · Post by **Pete Waterman** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:40 pm

Thanks for that Trevor,
Ive Just burnt the project five projects now if i play number two(only happens to number two)it plays to the end of that project then jumps back to the middle of that project if i then let it play to the end it goes to the next project every time ?
Help please i must have put a setting in somwhere but cannot see ive compaired the setting to the other projects on the disc but cannot see why?
Regards
Pete
ps hope this makes sence to somone ??

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:27 pm

Hi Pete

I do not understand why you are having this problem. But adding a project (a VSP) to the burner stage can and has caused problems in the past. The program has to render the projects prior to burning.

If you were to render your slide show projects to a new video file there would be no render in the burner stage.
OK
Open each project in turn, Share Create Video File, choose the Pal--DVD option.
This will render the project to a new video file. (mpeg2) Repeat for each project.

Now start a NEW project, The timelines are empty---- Share Create Disc---Add Video files (left icon). (Browse the pc for your new video files created above.)

Complete the menu structure.
When you press the ¡¥Burn¡¦ button the blue progress bar should first show Create Menu.

You could choose to create a DVD Folder instead of burning a disc, this will save a TS Folder to your pc. The content being the same as the disc.
I use Power DVD Player to play the TS folder, checking its function and quality.
Saves you a disc.
Alternatively use a DVD-RW

Hope this Helps

Pete Waterman · Post by **Pete Waterman** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:45 pm

Thanks for that trevor,
this is exactly the thing i am in the middle of tring about half way through as i type will let you know if all is ok
regards
Pete